Mark Lyndersay

Mark Lyndersay is a writer and photographer based in Trinidad and Tobago. He wrote 1,800 editorial leaders for Guardian Media Limited between 2001 and 2016 and now provides leaders for the T&T Newsday. He writes features and reviews for several publications. His column, BitDepth has examined personal technology issues continuously over the last 27 years. As a photographer, he divides his time between commercial assignments, editorial photography, annual reports and personal projects like Local Lives, which examines the backstory of life and culture in Trinidad and Tobago.
Technology Reporting

Building a soca party in pixels

In the ideation phase we might come up with thousands of great ideas we would like to implement all at once to give our users the most immersive and engaging experience.
BitDepth

Carnival is not a product

Above: Petrotrin flared gas as part of its refinery process for decades. The flame finally went out when the refinery shut down. Photo by...
Technology Reporting

Huawei panel considers GDPR’s impact in 2020

The legal challenge by privacy activist Maximillian Schrems forced the court to reconsider the EU-US Privacy Shield law and how it works in practice.
BitDepth

Samsung targets disabilities with new assistive tech

Samsung has been working on accessibility features with the Royal National Institute of Blind People for years and has collaboratively developed these assistive features.
BitDepth

The NCC is a failure and embarrassment

The NCC has built the structures, dispensed the funds, kowtowed to the politicians, handed out thousands of largely meaningless trophies and thrown a cloak of culture over a shambles of mismanagement.
News Briefs

What’s up with WhatsApp

Facebook's business model is based on user surveillance. Patterns of user behaviour, viewing and content posting are tracked aggressively.
BitDepth

WFH – A short history

Having a fax available alongside a fully digital communication tool made it possible to appreciate the difference between transmitting live data and a picture of it.
Opinion

2020: The annual report to readers

Letters to the Prime Minister and Education Minister and a report on the ANSA McAl ransomware hack were the four leading stories for 2020.
BitDepth

The gritty reality of online school

Forced to radically rethink the course material and requirements through a dramatically different lens, actually improved several aspects of the teaching process.
BitDepth

The big leap to Big Sur

Two full, bootable backups before a major OS update should be mandatory for a computer in daily, critical use.
BitDepth

Why is TATT buying tablets for students?

TATT is governed by procurement rules, which require a competitive bidding and tendering process that is supposed to be documented and accessible to the public.
Backgrounder

TATT responds to questions about $15m tablet purchase

Questions posed to the Telecommunications Authority about a $15 million purchase announcement and the regulations in the Telecommunications Act that govern the spending related to the Universal Service Fund.
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